France has suffered days of disorder and violence sparked by failing school conditions, with riot police clashing with hundreds of thousands of rioters in towns and cities across the country. 

Riot cops have bene involved in on-running battles with balaclava-clad demonstrators who have set fire to schools and attacked teachers. 

But while young protesters may have grown increasingly assertive against the State, fear of their parents clearly remains. 

Humiliating videos have emerged showing furious mothers and fathers reprimanding their rioting children and hauling them away from the unrest. 

In one clip, a seething mother can be seen getting out of her car and sprinting towards her son as smoke billows in the background. 

The mother grabs her child with her left hand, leaving her right hand free to whack him on the back while forcing him towards the vehicle. The parent then bundles her son, who towers over her, into it. 

In another video, a mother clutches her disgruntled daughter's clothes and pulls her through the crowds of pupils at a school blockade. 

The fuming daughter resists and stands still but eventually gives in after making eye contact with her enraged parent. 

Elsewhere, a father was captured calmly leading his son away from the protesting students, steering him by the back of the neck. 

Screams can be heard in the background of the video, captioned 'a fair-haired, white father is coming to pick up his son', while officers blockade the street ahead. 

Some 256,000 people are predicted to have taken to the country's streets yesterday, France's interior ministry said, as students joined arms with demonstrators from the country's powerful trade unions.

This included Bally Bagayoko, the far-Left mayor of Saint-Denis, a poor Paris suburb, who was severely scrutinised after praising student rioters – and joining the front lines of the protest.

The mayor, who belongs to the La France Insoumise (LFI) party, drew criticism last week for claiming: 'Violence can become legitimate at a certain point.'